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News from konami couldn't be sadder. Kojima will not continue to
work on the company, and if that's not enough they're removing his
name out the MGSV cover and thus not recognising the importance
that man had in the creation and continuation of the konami's best
selling and known franchise.

Also, the fact that they'll continue to make MG without him
ignoring the fact that the series wont work without it kinda makes
me remember the way Silent Hill was handled after 2005.

As for SH, now that kojima will not be working on konami he will
also not work in silent hills, and that's a damn shame because, if
there was anyone who could bring the serie back, that would be
him... Even the fox engine, something that kojima productions had
being developi…

Okay, so I've gotten a number of questions from friends about
how I can like Silent Hill if I'm a Christian, due to Silent Hill
apparently being anti-religion. Well, is Silent Hill
anti-religion?

Short answer: Not anymore than it's anti-family.

Long answer: Well...

The reason a lot of people claim this is they can see the
similarities between the Cult and Christian beliefs - and there a
lot of them! The god leaves/dies, similar to the Christ's
Ascention, and the god's return seems to be based off of
Revelation's desciption of the Apocolaypse. Not only that, but the
god is born from a "holy mother" who is a virgin. The chapels seem
to be very Judeo-Christian-like as well, and just like the Order's
…

Hey everybody justa quick messgae I would like to gve out to
everybody but there are 2 things I am really looking forward to. #1
Silent hill 9. This game looks amaxing and will be coming out in
2015. the 2nd thing I cant ait for is the movie Silent Hills. And
guess who the actor is.... Norman Reedus. The guy who plays as
Daryl in AMCs poular show The Walking Dead. Norman Reedus also is
acting as the main character in Silent Hill 9 also. Makes you
wonder. I didnt know He was into this stuff.

I don't know if you guys have read the Moviepilot article
regarding Silent Hills and the series in general, but parts of it
are nearly nauseating to read. here's the
link: silent-hills-what-does-the-future-hold

On the whole, it's a decently written article, but certain
things are unforgivable. Here we go.

Apparently, the author thinks the movie had "no ties to the
video game storylines," and "was its own identity."

Wtf?

Furthermore, this individual also claims Revelation was "the
first time in Silent Hill history, the storyline had a direct
sequel", also complaining that "Heather is dressed exactly
as the character from Silent Hill 3" clearly unaware that the
character in SH3 IS Heather. Though they also claimed to
have no interest in the plot of sai…

Hey, guys. In this game Lakeview Cabin, a dead woman who
follows the player may based on Lisa from Silent Hills as
you recognize blood on her stomach. Also, the fetus that chases
after the player after killing the dead woman could be based on the
Baby.

Hey guys, it's been a while. I had an idea for something they
should do in Silent Hills if they decide to use med-kits. I'm sure
this has been mulled over before, but oh well... I think that they
should do med-kits like they did in MGS3:Snake Eater, where you
literally have to operate on yourself. Depending on the damage and
where it is located, you have to find the right things to heal
yourself. And then you would actually show it! Something like that
could be a great and creative twist on the older ways, right? What
do you guys think?

Part of my series of analyses on Silent Hill 2. To read
more, check my website, the4thfloor.atwebpages.com.

The end of the hospital level introduces us to a motif which will
become a staple of the end of the game: the descent downwards.
The beginning of the game draws comparisons to Dante’s
Inferno and walking through the gates of hell; now, we’re
descending into its bowels, further and further into darkness and
unreality. Once both rings have been obtained, James and Maria
return to the Lady of the Door.

As I explained in the riddle section, this is a symbolic
marriage for the two characters, with the exchange of rings by a
holy figure. Giving the angel the rings unlocks the door,
which leads to yet another staircase, much like those the…

So, by now everyone knows the big news about the new game and
fact that it will be produced by Kojima. It is also known that some
former team silent member work in Kojima Productions but the intent
with this petition is to include possibily the two most influent
people in SH on this project. So if you guys think it's worth it
then please sign and spread the word.

This is my first blog post as a huge silent hill fan i thought
it would be intresting to see what other fans thought of the series
such as what they thought of each installment and also what there
first experiance with silent hill was like, ive been a fan for
awhile now and had never played the games until a friend sugested i
play silent hill 2 so i bought the hd collection since it was the
easiest way for me to play the older installments and played 2 and
3 back to back and after that i was hooked since then ive played
all the other installments save for silent hill 1 and book of
memories and i have also watched the movies and read the comics and
while i know that some fans have certain games that dont care for
and some fans dont like the…

Hi everyone. As you guys know Silent Hill as come a long way
since it's origins in 1999. The world was a different place, the
gaming industry was also different and in that year came this game
"Silent Hill" which was a product of the developers intentions of
making a survavel horror along with the tecnological limits of the
time and several other factors...

As time as passed we saw the original team stop working on the
series and other developerscoming trying to continue the narrative,
first by making a pre-quell, then with a new story supposedly after
the events of SH3, then with the reimagining of the original and
finally with Downpour... Throughout this games (I mean all of them,
not just the recent ones) many things changed and by this …

This is cross-posted from my website, The 4th Floor, a site
that contains all my analysis and critique of the Silent Hill games
series. Thice is the beginning of a longer analysis of the
entire Silent Hill 3 game.

The story begins with a dream – much like another Silent Hill
title, in a way. The first game opens with a dream-like sequence as
well. It involves Harry moving between consciousness and
unconsciousness, never sure which is the dream or the reality. Both
the first and third games deal heavily with this idea of dreaming
and the gray area between being awake and asleep.

But Heather has a very unique dream. Hers is a premonition, a
warning of future danger. She enters the Amusement Park to find it
already transformed into the Otherwo…

I've been thinking about it for a while, and I was wondering
whether anyone else would be interested in reading a Silent Hill
anthology comic. Provided it's not written by Scott Ciencin, it
seems like it could work fairly well. Since Anne's getting her own
comic, this might be a possibility depending on how well it sells
(how much of a market IDW sees for Silent Hill material in the
future). If it's connected to the main games, it would even let us
fill in the parts of the map we haven't been able to go to or have
a discrepancy with. What kind of things would people want to see
from this? Personally hoping for more female protagonists, and
maybe a parent.

Still no verification that another installment will even occur
(but with all the Kojima talk, I find it likely), but
recently, a hopeful interview was given with Akira involved
regarding whether or not he would be willing to compose more music
for the game; let's face it, Licht received not the best- albeit
not the worst- reception in the world. I do believe Akira's return
would at least be one positive factor a future SH has for it, and
though I'm not gonna be getting my hopes up too high, it's a happy
possibility!

Hey guys and welcome to my weekly blog where I'll be posting
news, reviews, info, anything I find interesting and to add to the
interaction with you guys I will have a Q&A about anything
gaming related or film related, so if you're stuck on something
just let me know on my blog, profile or pm me. I will also add a
section for my reviews and Q&A on the discussion page for
extension. Overall I like to try and keep this interesting but
starting a blog is always going to be bland anyway.

If you've read my profile then there's my introduction into my
life; I'm an actor, author, avid gamer, critic and I've done some
singing. I love animals, I just love them...I mean animals are just
one of those things in life that when you're down they make you
…

I'm a huge fan of the soundtrack of SH2. But one of the ending
songs I never really thought 'fit' with the ending was Angel's
Thanatos with In Water. I understand Thanatos is a Freudian term
about the "death instinct" which makes it fit with In Water due to
Jame's suicide but the hard-rock was a bit of a turn-off for a, in
my view, a very haunting, tragic yet beautiful sort of ending.

My thought is right, if you could change the ending songs of
SH2, what would you change them to? You could put in an actual
existing song in place, switch the actual ending songs around or
even make an idea for a new song. For example, one ending song I
think which would really fit with the In Water ending is Hemorrhage
(In My Hands) by Fuel:

Hey guys! I think we can all admit that the background colors on
some of the templates are, well, shit. (And yes, I'm the one who
made these particular templates. So blame me.) I want to change the
colors to something acceptable without stepping on the colors of
the not-awful templates. I'd like to hear your ideas for good
template colors. :)

This is a leaked image discovered by Gamereactor and has no backing
information or a reliable source nor has it been confirmed by
Konami, but with Tomohiro Uesugi recent promotion to president and
his statement about focusing on Konami’s biggest franchises when he
said:

“We will focus on our talent and iconic brands as we continue
to provide innovative products for even deeper and more enjoyable
experiences to our customers.”

Another interesting part is, I've found another leak from the
same source. In this case, Dishonored 2: Darkness of
Tyvia.

A lot of Silent Hill fans think that Lisa Garland is a weak
and useless character , but in my opinion Lisa has a very important
role in every game/comic/movie she appears in .

In every game , Lisa plays the role of the nurse in Alchemilla
Hospital who takes care of Alessa, but none of us know how did she
come to Silent Hill and why did she come to Silent Hill ? Why
is she a nurse and not something else ?

Little is know about Lisa's Life before arriving to the town ,
but I know that she worked as a nurse because her family has a very
know history of nurses and doctors in Silent Hill .

Lisa was someone who is abused; but also someone who enables the
abuse of another . Guilty , but innocent.

The symbolic
importance of both Mary and Maria are entirely wrapped in one
another: they are mirror images, reflections, and understanding one
necessitates understanding the other. They come with a dual
context that makes exploring their symbolism jointly very
important.

It also
requires, to some extent, discussing James, in relation to these
two women; and to a greater extent, aspects of the Bible and
Christianity, which were drawn upon for this game. Symbols
and themes from the Christian Bible are strewn throughout Silent
Hill 2, and in many ways its primary female characters are easily
relatable to some of Christianity’s most important women.

In the trailer of Silent Hill (1999), I found a beta version of
the Larval Stalkers. They look solid like a body rather than
ghost-like. In the final, they were now ghost-like appearance. The
reason why is they were to much like children (same way as Grey
Children as they were replaced by Mumblers in Europe and Japanese
version), so they make them like ghosts and cannot be killed. At
1:32 and 1:38.

There are a lot of theories. Fans have scoured the game for clues,
and their devotion has given us an opening of almost a decade
wherein Downpour could’ve happened. The theories range anywhere
from 2004 to 2016.

Can we determine when the game happened? I think so. In fact, I’m
certain I know exactly what year the game happened in - and I
reasoned it out by exploring Silent Hill’s mythos and the way it
presents time.

It all comes back to this question: How does Time work in Silent
Hill?

So much is open to interpretation in Silent Hill. The games don’t
give us concrete answers for most anything. Like, how exactly did
the town come to exist? What power fuels it? How much belongs to
th…

To begin, let’s analyze James’ name. The prefix Sunder is Latin for
shattered or breaking, and land, is a suffix meaning reality.
Literally meaning broken reality James begins his adventure
outside silent hill in a rest stop bathroom. His car is parked
askew, doors open and his wife’s dead body is in the backseat. This
shows the chaos of a man at his breaking
point. To begin the game the player must pass through an
isolated forest which fosters the feelings of isolation as we enter
this man’s subconscious. Not only are we in Silent Hill, but we are
in James’ mind. Silent Hill is full of locked doors, blocked roads
and impassible obstacles. These ‘locks’ arerepressed
memories that James can’t access. Slowly we delve into
the ‘otherworld’ of…

After noticing the voting section on the main page of the wiki,
like most others I decided to check out Insert Coin's Silent Hill
Apparel. Upon seeing the choices available, I pre-ordered the
Lakeview Hotel shirt (I plan on having fun messing with people who
don't know about Silent Hill, telling them I stayed there, at the
Lakeview Hotel, on Toluca Lake, and that it was a lovely place
heh). Well, I finally recieved the shirt and I gotta say the
quality is incredible. Between the materials, the stitching and the
Logo. Anyone who's still on the fence about ordering any of it, I
can tell you with full confidence to just order. You won't be
dissapointed with their work. I'm planning on picking up the
Historical Society t-shirt now as well, and…

I haven't been able to get back to playing SH2, so I haven't
finshed my SH2 symbolism series just yet. But, I thought I'd
share something I wrote about SH4 in the meanwhile.
Enjoy!

Silent Hill 4 is a strangely told story. It lacks a great
deal of the themes and motifs of previous games; locations are
transient and are returned to repeatedly; puzzles, as they were
before, do not exist; the loneliness of previous games is relieved
by the large cast and the presence of a bustling town outside your
window, though the feeling of isolation is still strong.

These alterations make this a story that is
hard to understand, especially because half of the tale has already
happened. By the time Henry is involved, 15 of the sacraments
have occurred. …

So, today I heard from Silent Hill Paradise that IMDb has
"verified" that SH9 is due for release on September 29th, 2015,
with Hideo Kojima as director. You can see it here.

Now I'm pretty sure 99% of us know that IMDb is not a very
creditable site, seeing as anyone can edit it. In just a few
clicks, someone could've updated it to prompt pointless excitement
just like that. However, I certainly wanted to bring this up,
mainly to see if any of us here have heard this same news from a
more reliable source?

It's been confirmed by Tomm Hulett on Silent Hill Heaven's
facebook page that none of the monsters in Downpour have anything
to do with Murphy Pendleton. They are all manifestations of Anne.
When asked about how the monsters could be hers, Tomm replied
"Maybe she's afraid of people". He then said, "Dolls are loss of
innocence". He went on to say, "Every monster has a potential
Murphy meaning amd an Anne meaning. Murphy is a "wrong place"
character who can be redeemed. Anne is the typical damned SH protag
who must either be redeemed through Murphy (her Mary) or murdered -
which damns Murphy".

Wikia Guided Tour covers horror in video games, including
interviews with admins on various wikis related to the genre.
Myself, AlexShepherd and Riley Heligo were all interviewed for this
article. The article is a look into the horror genre, and why
people like it so much.

I just wanted to let you know of a potentially cool opportunity.
Bethesda Softworks is helping Wikia host an Evil Within
Sweepstakes. If you make some fan art or similar creation, you can
win a video card or an Evil Within poster signed by Shinji Mikami,
the mind behind Resident Evil.

The wiki is currently undergoing a new, darker theme. As such, a
lot of templates will be required to be recolored and adjusted to
match the color scheme. This process may take about a week or so.
Some renders will need to be cropped more because white edges are
more noticeable.

If you have any suggestions regarding the overhaul, or site
design in general, or have any comments, please comment below.
Thanks~

Once he escapes the apartments, James finds
himself in the fog-filled streets of the town again. It is
here he meets Laura for the second time. When first we saw
her she stepped on James’ hand, taunted him, and ran off in the
apartment building. In both situations there is distance
between her and James. In the apartment, there were cell bars
between them; in the street, Laura is up on a concrete wall.
Later, in the hospital, a wall of tables will separate them, and
only when Laura willingly leaves that circle will she and James
interact on the same level.

Laura has been described as bratty and
annoying by gamers; I feel as if these people have completely
misunderstood this story. Laura is an eight-year old who, for
some reason, was …

All of Silent Hill is subject to
interpretation, and this one is mine.

In this massive project, I walk through the
entirety of Silent Hill 2, connecting imagery, dialogue, level
design, puzzles, notes, music, and everything else to certain
messages, symbols, and meanings from literature, religion,
folklore, and the larger canon of the Silent Hill series.

Since this is my interpretation, that means it
is my opinion, and in no way is my word law. Feel free to
critique or question my connections because this was written after
a three day Silent Hill spree in which I, obsessed and sleep
deprived, refused to stop typing words.

I only played through this game once and it was years ago. My
memory may be completely wonky about it. But I do remember a lot of
crucial details. It started from viewing this thread, when it all
hit me.

If anyone recalls the older works including many biblical and
Abrahamic themes. Mostly from Catholicism and Jewish mysticism. I
think Homecoming is deeper than people give it credit for.

It started when Homecoming was announced and the names of Alex's
parents were revealed. Adam and Lilian. They seem at glance to be
nothing, but there is a myth of Adam and Lilith.(Something at the
time I commented on.) However, Lilian is not etymologically related
to Lilith. (See "Lilith" and"Lily" for more info.) But it's co…

Watching a lot of Slayers has opened doors to me on mythos in
Asia, specifically Hindu, Buddhist, and Japanese folklore. I'm
beginning to think the "false" god motif of the Eye of Night or
"God" can be explained.

In Japanese myths, taken from the Hindu/Buddhist concept of
Asura (another set of gods, later translated as "demons".) and
Devas (gods), mazoku literally means "demon race" or "evil race".
These beings, which higher level ones can be as powerful as gods,
are beings that thrive on chaos. They feed off of negative emotions
of people. Their opposites are the shinzoku, or literally "god
race" that benefit from worship and positive emotions. Both races
are from chaos.

First off the descent of God is not a literal myth. Its based on
several mythologies, mostly Aztec in Silent Hill's case. (looking
at the rituals to God and the references in the Lost Memos about
human sacrifice to the sun, I am pretty sure its from Aztec
rituals.)

Origin

In the beginning, people had nothing. Their bodies ached,
and their hearts held nothing but hatred. They fought endlessly,
but death never came. They despaired, stuck in the eternal
quagmire.

Myth - "2. Birth" 2. Birth

A man offered a serpent to the sun and prayed for
salvation. A woman offered a reed to the sun and asked for joy.
Feeling pity for the sadness that had overrun the earth, God was
born from those two people.

Note: This is a cross post from my Tumblr. Spoilers are
abound for Silent Hill 1 and 3!

' Introduction

I bring this up because it’s not noted by anyone else and many
people in feminism seem to use it to focus on negative rather than
some positive examples. While there are many games which have
female protags and it’s something that’s been around for awhile I
think SH3 was ground breaking in this area for several reasons.
Heather, the main character, should be highlighted in the video
game arena more for being one of the best written female video game
characters.

Many games, when having female protagonists, are still geared
towards a male audience. (Yes, SH3 isn’t the exception here, but
hear me out.) This usually manifests itself in over-sexua…

Well first off, I started playing the games in late 2012 for the
first time. I started with Silent Hill 2. My first impressions on
the game was that it was different from any other horror game out
there. My opinion on Silent Hill 2 is that I thought it was pretty
awesome. I just loved the story with James and Mary. I also enjoyed
Maria's Sub scenerio Born from a Wish. Born from a wish to me was
very interesting to me. I liked the character Ernest Baldwin a lot,
and I felt sorry for him. I loved the music in Silent Hill 2, in my
opinion, "Theme of Laura" is one of the best songs in Silent Hill
2, because I like the beat and tempo that the song has. I liked the
characters in Silent Hill 2. In my opinion all the characters were
developed well…

I have recently done a blog about potentially remaking Silent
Hill: Origins and what could be done to it to make it properly
successful and in line with older games. Now, I have decided to do
the same for what is arguably the most divisive Silent Hill game –
The Room.

Most people will agree that it was one of (if not the most)
experimental instalment of the series, one which was interesting,
but with flawed execution. Thus, here are my best ideas of what I
think will update the game for the modern times, letting its story
and ideas shine in the modern day without being hampered by the
design issues like before.

P.S. If you were amongst the people who couldn’t read the
earlier blog because of its size, rest assured: this one is two
times smal…

Recently, I have made the outline of what I think could be done
to Silent Hill: Origins in order to allow it to reach its full
potential. Unfortunately, I don’t think that the same would be
worth for the Homecoming, because of several important issues that
I haven’t yet seen anyone answer successfully.

I’m not talking about the appearance of the Pyramid Head/Alex
becomes Pyramid Head ending (that can be easily overwritten) or the
superfluous character of Wheeler or even the weak pseudo-romance
Elle arc (TVTropes provides surprising amount of evidence for him
being gay). No, I’m talking about the following things:

I) The children are to be sacrificed every 50 years. The ritual
has been done several times and all four parents (Martin Fitch,
Sa…

I've just finished Silent Hill 4 and I'm interested in hearing
everybody else's opinions on those who have played and/or completed
it before.

Now this would be the fourth game in the series I've completed,
having played Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 3. Now I
actually thought it was a really good game. It wasn't as good as
the first three games in the series in my opinion, having noticably
less story and writing with the characters, but the atmosphere and
music was still brilliant. But that said, I still thought the story
was good, just not as good as the original trilogy.

My main gripes were the gameplay deviations from the other games
such as the 10 item limit and having to constantly go back to Room
302 in order to drop off su…

Last year we have had four important Silent Hill releases, and
generally speaking, all of them were found wanted. The Revelation
movie was universally panned, HD collection was famously bugged for
a long time , Downpour also had its share of technical issues and
bland design ... Book of Memories could almost be considered a
success, since it at least never claimed to be horror. Now there is
a (hopefully temporary) hiatus and we have seen some speculation
here about what the next Silent Hill game could be and what would
be the most feasible development for the franchise.

Leaving the non-game media alone (though that is also an
interesting subject: some game series did manage to regain their
lost standing through the tie-ins), I think that fo…

This was apparently received in an email response from producer
Don Carmody's official website email. If this is true (and the
title matches the title of emails I've received after contacting
Don through his official site), I'm not sure whether to be happy or
scared. NO BASSETT PLEASE!!!!

Hello Wikians (Wikites?), I'd like to suggest a change in how
articles are set up. Some of our articles are quite long, and many
of them include dozens of images in their galleries. This may make
page loading difficult for people with slow browsers. My suggestion
would be to create tabs for the long articles, particularly the
gallery sections. It would also help keep things better organized
than one super massive page that stretches into infinity. The
coding itself is very simple, and would go on the article's main
page. An example of what a tabbed article looks like is the Albert
Wesker page on the Resident Evil wiki.

However, there is some work involved with creating tabbed pages.
Pages would need to be split into multiple smaller pages t…

From the title, you can tell what this blog is going to be all
about. This is about why I think, out of the main eight games, why
I think Silent Hill: Homecoming is the worst. Now, I don't want to
randomly get attacked and bashed for this. I want anyone who
is thinking about randomly saying stuff, to chill
down and read why I say Homecoming the worst out of the
main franchise. Main franchise meaning Silent Hill 1, 2, 3, The
Room, Origins, Homecoming, Shattered Memories and Downpour.

1. To start, it doesn't really seem like a survival
horror feel. Now by saying this, I mean Alex has handled a gun
before and he knows what it's like to fight! Harry, James, Heather
haven't even done something like that! They weren't prepared or
expecting what wa…